Umbrella-holder for corn-plows.



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APPLIOATION FILED FEBJ), 1911. .RENEWED PEB. 6.1813. v I

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BILLARD COBBANZD CLETHIE I'I. SHAW, 0F NINEVEH, INDIANA, ASSIGNORS T0SUN- SHINE SPECIALTY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

UMBRELLA-HOLDER .FORK CORN-FLOWS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

Application led February 9, 1911, :Serial No. 607,685. Renewed February6, `IMS. Serial No. 746,666.

To @ZZ whom 2f may concern.'

Be it known that we, BILLARD COBB and CLnTr-Im H. SHAW, citizens oi theUnited States, residing at Nineveh, in the county of Johnson and Stateof Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inUmbrella-Holders for Corn-Plows, of which the' following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in means for holding an umbrella,and has special reference .to such use in connection with farmimplements where the operator is permitted to ride, as on ridingcultivators, plows, mowers, and the like, but as the device may beapplied to advantage on other machines we do not desire to limit its useto any particular machinery.

rlhe object of the invention is to provide a firm and strong umbrellasupport which may be quickly adjusted in the direction of travel ortransversely thereto, to suit the changed relation of the operator withthe sun at each change of travel at the end of every row whereby theumbrella may be kept constantly between the operator and the sun in alldirections of travel and at all times of day.

IVe accomplish the obj ect of the invention by the mechanism illustratedin the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a view in sideelevation of our invention, applied to the arch of a cultivator, thelatter being shown in vertical section. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectionon the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3, a rear elevation of the verticallever shown in Fig. l,

Like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the severalviews of the drawings.

a represents a semicircular strap-iron segment, having notches in itsouter periphery, and 6 a Ydiametrical bar connecting the ends of thesegment. The device is'here shown as attached to the arch 7 of a ridingcultivator, the arch being in two parallel bars as shown. The segment labove the arch bars 7, is clamped to the latter by bolts 8 passingthrough segment 4t and through short bars 9 placed under the arch.

At the center of curvature of segment 4L is a bolt 10 forming a pivotfor the attachment of a horizontal adjustable lever 11, and tostrengthen this attachment of the lever it 1s supplemented with anunderside end is adapted to enter one of the notches in the segment whenbrought into alinement therewith. A hand-lever 16, pivoted to the nlever 11 near its outer end, is connected by rod 17 with the adjacentend of bolt 14 to permit the latter, serving as a pawl or dog, to bedisengaged from the segment by pressing the lever 16. This permits thelever 11 to be moved horizontally in the directions indicated by dottedlines in Fig. 2.

Attached to the lever 11 is a second semicircular strap-iron segment 18having outer edge notches 19. A diametrical bar 20 has a pivot 21 at thecenter of curvature of this bar for the vertically adjustable attachmentof a vertical lever 22. A sleeve 23 is slidingly mounted 0n the lever 22and is pressed normally toward the segment 18 by a spring 24. The sleevehas a lug 25 which enters one vof the notches of the segment 18 whenbrought into alinement therewith.

A hand lever 26, pivoted to the vertical leverV 22 near the outer end ofthe latter', is connected by a rod 27 with thesleeve 23 to raise thelatter out of engagement with the notched segment. The verticaladjustments of the lever 22 are indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1.

Secured rigidly to the vertical lever 22 is a sleeve 30 preferably openat both ends, and extending longitudinally of lever 22. 31 is the stattor handle of an umbrella which is inserted in sleeve 30 and is retainedat a given position therein by a bolt 33 which passes through the wallsof the sleeve and through a transverse hole in the staff. By having anumber of holes at various distances along the staff the latter may beadjusted in position in said sleeve.

The vertical and horizontal adjustments of the two levers 11 and 22enable an umbrella carried by the sleeve 30 to be tilted at any angle ormoved toward or from the person using it to keep it directly between himand the sun and out of his way so as not to interfere with his work. Theadjustments may also be quickly changed in the manner already described.

Having thus fully described our invention what We claimV as new and Wishto secure by Letters Patent is- In an umbrella holder, a horizontalsemicircular rack-bar notched in its outer edge, a bar extendingdiametrically of the rackbar and secured to the ends of the latter, a

horizontal hand lever passing under the,V rack-bar and bent upwardly toa level with the under side of said diametric-al bar, a brace-barsecured to said hand lever and extended downwardly and rearwardly toembrace a support between it and the said lever, a pivot passing throughthe diametrical bar lever and brace, a paWl carried by said lever, avertical semi-circular rack secured to the horizontal lever and having adiametrical bar, said rack having notches in its outer edge, a secondlever pivoted to said last bar, a pawl carried by the second lever, thepaWls of the tWo levers adapted to enter notches of their respectivesegments to hold a given adjustment of said levers, a sleeve carried bythe second lever to receive the statt of an umbrella and means forsecuring the staff in said sleeve.

In Witness whereof, We have hereunto set our hands and seals at Nineveh,Indiana, this 23rd day of January, A. D. one thousand nine hundred andeleven.

Witnesses:

FRANK KEATON, CARL A. FoRsY'rH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C.

